Richard Francis Talbot (December 1710 – 12 March 1752) was a French soldier and diplomat of Irish descent.
He was promoted to captain in 1729 and served under James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick in the War of the Polish Succession.
Talbot was captured by British forces in a ship off the coast of Ostend while attempting to sail to join the Jacobite Rising of 1745, but was later released in a prisoner exchange.
He was appointed Maréchal de camp in April 1748 during the Siege of Maastricht and was honoured as a chevalier of the Order of Saint Louis.
[1] After the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, Talbot was named by Louis XV as his ambassador to the Kingdom of Prussia, arriving in Berlin in March 1750.